tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73662638146389469412009-11-17T05:43:56.841-08:00Drawing inspiration from wine.Stewart Kenneth Moore (Booda)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13433880298354408814x.painter.x@gmail.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366263814638946941.post-28797207263365638582009-11-03T05:47:00.000-08:002009-11-03T05:58:57.613-08:002009-11-03T05:58:57.613-08:00

I completed a drawing this morning of a young woman that has taken many tedious weeks. Now I can finally move to the next stage and begin painting it in wine. This picture will be painted over several pieces of paper (see previous post) and will stand about 2 and half metres in height. It is itself a test for a larger oil painting. If the picture works I'll move on to a much larger scale. Last

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I am looking for any new suggestions for deep-red wines that I will use to paint my latest study. So if the last bottle you opened poured with a dark & rich depth of colour...send me the details!You see I'm now working on a picture to be painted in wine over 48 pieces of paper. This will be a standing portrait study at 2 meters or so in height. It will also be my first full figure painted with

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It used to be that I would carry around a note-book to sketch (I still do but not nearly as often) if something occurred to me while travelling or otherwise away from the studio. These days I can use my iPhone and paint in colour. The style is a little different from other things you see here, every medium lends a difference to the way an image is created. In this case because I use my fingertips

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I decided to make the latest sketch using Odosketch, an online Flash drawing tool. So for the first time those interested in the process can watch as I build up a picture. Well...something like the process, I'm not familiar with Odosketch yet and don't really know what I'm doing. In working on these sketches I found myself making 2 steps forward and 3 steps back...2 or 3 times. But it is an

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This is today's pastel in it's frame and waiting for it's collector to come and take it away. It is in a temporary frame and may be switched at a later date. This is a 'Brass Neck' study, you can read about this series here.

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I framed today's sketch before lunch. Here it is under a window mount.I've found if I let a picture go un-framed it can be a very long time indeed before it is framed. Such a shame, pictures are to be seen and most of the time cannot be hung un-framed. Apart from the fact that an un-framed picture goes unseen it is also far more likely to be damaged.The problem is that people don't always have

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I really thought this study would take a while but then it took a turn I liked, not what I'd planned, but a nice surprise none the less. So here it as it looked as I began to make that realisation. Deciding when a picture is finished is a key skill to learn. Perhaps some people bahave as though they know from the outset when they will stop, but this is rarely the case with sketches. Even Picasso

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I often sketch in pastel before moving to oil and Schmincke are the best that I have found. I was first given oil pastels at 7 or 8 years old, it was an expensive European brand as far as I can recall. They had arrived from the far-east in a mysterious make-shift parcel that had exploded (just like the rocks in the quarry near us, a moment ago...shook the studio & yours truly as I typed...bloody

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^This is a pastel on Ingres paper...and a work in progress, you'll see it develop here.I'm working on new sketches this week and getting closer to my target number of £1020 Sterling, this will cover the casting. Everything created in the way of sketches and paintings on this theme will be auctioned for charity. The progress of the new sketches is now being shown on Twitter, you can follow it here

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My work on the 'Brass Neck' I am making for Sir Fred Goodwin is featured in today's 'Scottish Review' (Scotland's Online Current Affairs Magazine). The project is fully and succinctly explained in the article. You can read it here.I also sold another sketch, taking me 50 pounds closer to my target funds needed for the casting. If you'd like to help, buy a sketch at £50 (or $82 or 56Euro) and help

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The first new Brass Neck sketch in pastel (for a while) is coming online today, see the Twitterfeed---> for images of the work in progress.14 new sketches coming. Each at $82 or £50 or 56Euro.These pictures are preparatory for the brass neck painting and sculpture. More soon, email or comment to reserve one of the 14.Thanks to all of my patrons on this one.

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I had a part in 'Solomon Kane' so I'm pleased to see the trailer finally released. I'll be interested to see the film not least because my beard was so over the top then...I've since trimmed it back to a goat. I'm still not sure of a release date, more on this soon...

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I'm working on a new drawing today in the 'Brass Neck' series and as I only get a few hours in the morning I better keep this short. It was a strange summer, in part, I think, because of two major losses in my family, first my father and then my grandfather. Neither was a shock but I did find myself feeling like I could not be bothered to draw. Just no interest and whenever I forced myself it

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Based on news of Disney buying Marvel last week I began making drawings that merged principle characters from both camps but none, so far, has been quite as camp as this one. The images seemed to really amuse people and caused a great deal of interest so I went beyond the three I'd planned on. I may do another yet...But If I do any more (and I may not) I'll spare all you good wine lovers and post

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I'm pretty pleased with this one. The first thing I thought of when I read of Marvels merger with Disney was the back of Mickey's hand. There are three distinct marks, stitching, on Mickey's kid gloves from which I saw Wolverines blades spring forth. But I decided it was too simple. Also Wolverine may be popular now but he was not a founding character of Marvel and that seemed to be the idea I

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Oh wait a minute...that's 3am, I'm hitting the hay...I'll just load the latest one tomorrow. It'll take too long, 10 minutes is too long at this stage...so manana...

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I was only going to do three, but my buddies are pushing me to do more. So two more and then...well, back to the Brass Neck project and that scoundrel Goodwin who thieved and shred his way to the top, rat.You can read about that 'criminal genius' by scrolling down a few posts...New art coming up...~ SKM

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The winner is Paul Coates who correctly guessed at noon today via Twitter: "@opipop the silver surfer and goofy. the goofy surfer. or the incredible hulk crossed with donald. the incredible duck."Nice one Paul, you nailed it even down to the title 'Donald Hulk, The Incredible Duck'. Later today I'll post some of my favourite suggestions for other 'merger' images of Marvel / Disney characters soon

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And the winner is....soon to be announced. I now have t trawl accross various SN sites to make sure our winner was indeed first 2 suggest the final 'merger'.Details coming up...

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Guess what my third Disney / Marvel merger will be to win an original print.Q - What do you get if the biggest name in comics is swallowed up by a sweet little fairy?A - 'Tinkerbellactus'Print two in the set of 3. Charity auction details coming up...as is print number 3...can you guess what my final merger will be?If you guess correct I'll send you a print...but be quick, I'm loading the finished

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Q - What do you get if the biggest name in comics is swallowed up by a sweet little fairy?A - 'Tinkerbellactus'Print two in the set of 3. Charity auction details coming up...as is print number 3...can you guess what my final merger will be?If you guess correct I'll send you a print...but be quick, I'm loading the finished print tomorrow.If one is Spidermoush (or spidermouse) and two is

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In the cold light of day, I've come to realise that the print of SpiderMoushe that I made last night should be a 100% charity thing. Don't ask me why, it just became blindingly obvious as a possible strong one for a kids charity auction. So hang on if you're interested as I look into the charity option.

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SpiderMoushe.Disney bought Marvel Comics today. There are 4 prints in this set available, 100 dollars each, signed and numbered.The print size is quite big - A2 -- 420 x 594 mm -- 16.5 x 23.4For anyone wondering where the brass-neck sketches are or why there are no wine sketches here today, I have one excuse. It's hot here and the kids have a hose and that's all there is to it. I need cool

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My grandfather (see below painted in wine, click to enlarge) passed away this morning. He was, until a few days ago, the oldest man in Scotland. Oddly, It seems he was also the oldest man in Britain for about 24hrs. Who cares. He was old, 109 years old, an antique man. Born under the reign of Queen Victoria in 1900 (she died in 1901) he was a Victorian, a Glaswegian Methuselah.Until his hundredth

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Dear Larry aka 'Docsbrew',I decided this morning that I should mark the occasion of having 501 followers on Twitter by posting something I have made to whoever my 501st follower should be. Actually, if truth be told, I thought the gift should go to the 500th follower, but unfortunately efforts to contact my 500th took me to a dubious and rather lewd site. It seems my 500th follower is not human

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